Joseph originally accepted SDSU’s offer of a scholarship to play defensive end. One problem – he played quarterback in high school and wanted to play QB again in college. So he flipped to Eastern Illinois, where he will contend for the QB spot to replace Jimmy Garoppolo.

Mann was originally an early Boise State commit. He de-committed after his parents divorced and he moved to California with his mother. Mann committed to SDSU last October but that was short lived. He next committed to Nevada… but then reneged on his verbal to the Wolf Pack and finally committed to Vanderbilt this week.

Crawford committed to SDSU in December but that didn’t stop him from making a last minute trip to Oregon State at the end of January. He flipped his commitment this week and signed with the Beavers on Wednesday.

Hawaii made a late push for Jackson, and after an end-of-January trip to the islands, Jackson decided to switch his commitment to play for the Warriors.

6 -- ATH Ajene Harris (5-foot-11, 180 pounds; Crenshaw, Los Angeles)

The Aztecs were the first to recruit Harris, and initially it looked as if the attention had paid off. Harris committed to SDSU last September. But when USC came calling, he couldn’t resist. By November, he’d reneged on his SDSU commitment to verbal to what he called his “dream school.”

As was the case with Harris, Griffin’s story shows how hard it can be for SDSU to keep commits when UCLA and USC come calling. After committing to SDSU in May 2013, Griffin became a hot commodity. When the Bruins offered, he gave in.

McKnight committed to SDSU last May but by last summer, he had decommitted and was leaning toward San Jose State. He ultimately verballed to the Spartans and signed with them Wednesday.

Still, as SDSU coach Rocky Long put it during his press conference Wednesday, everything worked out the way it was supposed to and the Aztecs probably won't have to greyshirt anyone because they don't expect a discrepancy in scholarship numbers.

"Things always work out for the best," Long said. "If everybody would have signed with us that we thought we had a good chance (of signing) today, we would have had a whole string of issues. It worked out just perfect, as it usually does."